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An Open Forum with multi-media presentations to engage stakeholders and solicit public input starts at 6:00 pm at both DC hearings. The public hearings on the budget start at 7:00 pm.

To register to testify, send your name, address, telephone number and organization (if any) to the Office of the Secretary, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 600 Fifth St NW, WDC 20001. Or, fax the info to (202) 962-1133 or email. Submit written testimony to the same address, or email. All testimony must be received by March 12. (Thanks to CM Bowser for sharing this information.)

Audio bad?: If you are watching a performance oversight hearing—or any hearing for that matter—and the audio is bad, contact the Office of Cable Television if you are watching via Channel 13 online; call 671-0066 and speak with Maurice Reed or Kenneth Borden. If you are watching a hearing from the DC Council website (you'll see Granicus in the URL), call the council's IT office, (202) 724-8018.